Military Gendarmerie (Poland)

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Military Gendarmerie
Żandarmeria Wojskowa
Badge of the Military Gendarmerie
Badge of the Military Gendarmerie
Agency overview
Formed1 September 1990
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionPoland
Constituting instruments
  • Act on the Military Gendarmerie and other law enforcement authorities, 2001
  • No. Pf-42 / Org. Minister of National Defense of 18 April 1990
  • No. 062 / Org. Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army of June 15, 1990
General nature
Operational structure
Agency executive
Parent agencyPolish Armed Forces
Notables
Anniversary
  • 13 June (Military Gendarmerie day)
Website
Official website

The Military Gendarmerie (Polish: Żandarmeria Wojskowa, abbreviated ŻW) is a military police force established in 1990 in Poland as a specialized service of the Polish Armed Forces.

History

The Polish Military Gendarmerie is a military police force that traces its history to the communist-era Military Internal Service (Wojskowa Służba Wewnętrzna), World War II-era Service for Protection of the Uprising (Wojskowa Służba Ochrony Powstania), interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, formations of the January and November Uprising, Duchy of Warsaw and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.

The modern Polish Military Gendarmerie was formed on 1 September 1990 on the basis of order No. Pf-42 / Org. Minister of National Defense of 18 April 1990 and order No. 062 / Org. Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army of 15 June 1990. At this formation the structure was as follows:

  • Headquarters of the Military Police in Warsaw
  • Military Police Command:
    • Warsaw Military District
    • Pomeranian Military District
    • Silesian Military District

In addition, the following Military Gendarmerie Departments were established: Warsaw, Krakow, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin, Wrocław and Poznań, and also the Military Gendarmerie Training Center in Mińsk Mazowiecki.

In August 2001, Sejm (lower house of parliament of Poland) passed Act on the Military Gendarmerie and other law enforcement authorities which specify tasks and authorities of the Military Gendarmerie.[1]

In 2007, the Military Gendarmerie was granted partner status to the European Gendarmerie Force, and since 2015 become a full member.[2]

Role in civilian policing

In October 2020, the Military Gendarmerie were ordered to help the civilian police in the "protection of safety and public order", starting from 28 October 2020. The order was given in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.[3]

Two military police officers and a four-wheel drive police car from the Żandarmeria Wojskowa.

Structure

The ŻW is organized into:

  • Headquarters
  • 3 special units
  • 10 units
  • 2 departments
  • 45 regional stations

Commanders

The current commander is gen. dyw. Tomasz Połuch.[4]

  • gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Jerzy Jarosz (1 IX 1990 – 20 II 1992)
  • Płk dypl. (Certified Officer) Henryk Piątkowski (11 III 1992 – 1 IV 1993)
  • gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Alfons Kupis (1 IV 1993 – 24 VII 2000)
  • gen. dyw. (Divisional General) Jerzy Słowiński (1 VIII 2000 – 30 VII 2003)
  • gen. dyw. (Divisional General) Bogusław Pacek (31 VII 2003 – 3 X 2006)
  • gen. dyw. (Divisional General) Jan Żukowski (3 X 2006 – 1 I 2008)
  • gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Marek Witczak (2 I 2008 – 17 XII 2010)
  • gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Mirosław Rozmus (17 XII 2010 - 11 VI 2015)
  • gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Piotr Nidecki (12 VI 2015 - 24 XII 2015)
  • gen. bryg. (Brigadier General) Tomasz Połuch (24 XII 2015 -)

Ranks

Main article: Police ranks of Poland
Officers
NATO code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1 OF(D) Student officer
Żandarmeria wojskowa
 Army-POL-OF-06.svg Army-POL-OF-05.svg Army-POL-OF-04.svg Army-POL-OF-03.svg Army-POL-OF-02.svg Army-POL-OF-01a.svg Army-POL-OF-01b.svg Various
Generał brygady Pułkownik Podpułkownik Major Kapitan Porucznik Podporucznik Podchorąży
Enlisted
NATO code OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Żandarmeria wojskowa
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Starszy chorąży sztabowy Starszy chorąży Chorąży Młodszy chorąży Starszy sierżant Sierżant Plutonowy Starszy kapral Kapral Starszy szeregowy Szeregowy

Equipment

Infantry weapons

Model Image Origin Type Variant Number Details
Glock 17 Glock 17 2nd Gen.jpg  Austria 9 mm Para Semi-Auto Pistol Glock 17 1,500 [5]
PM-84 Glauberyt PM06 Glauberyt PICT0014.jpg  Poland 9 mm Para Submachine Gun

PM-98

PM-06 		[5]
MP5 MP5.jpg  Germany 9 mm Para Submachine Gun MP5A3 [5]
Mossberg 500 M590A1.png  United States 12 gauge M50440 [5]
Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl 02014 Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl - 5 Podhale Battalion..JPG  Poland 5.56mm NATO Carbine wz. 1996B
wz. 1996C 		[5]
UKM-2000 NATO Trident Juncture 15 (22802564005).jpg  Poland 7.62mm NATO general purpose machine gun UKM-2000P
UKM-2000D 		[5]
Sako TRG Sako TRG-42.jpg  Finland 7.62mm NATO Sniper Rifle TRG-22 [5]

Vehicles

Model Image Origin Type Variant Number Details
Land Rover Defender Land Rover Polish PICT0181.jpg  United Kingdom Four-wheel Multi-Purpose Drive Vehicle 100 [6]
AMZ Łoś SWP2014-0022.jpg  Italy
 Poland		 4x4 truck [5]
Skoda Octavia Military Police PL.jpg  Czech Republic Intervention vehicle [5]
Opel Vivaro ŻW OPEL VIVARO.jpg  Germany Van [5]
Ford Transit Ford Transit 85 of the Military Police of Poland during the VII Aircraft Picnic in Kraków.jpg  United States Van [5]
Opel Insignia  Germany Patrol car
Yamaha FZ6  Japan Motorcycle [5]

Members who have died in service

Soldiers of the Military Police died during their official duties:

  • Starszy kapral Krzysztof Sypień from the Military Gendarmerie Department in Krakow, † 11 VIII 2002 Krakow, posthumously promoted to Plutonowy.
  • Starszy szeregowy Grzegorz Bukowski from the Special Branch of the Military Police in Mińsk Mazowiecki, † 15 June 2010 Afghanistan, posthumously promoted to the rank of Kapral.
  • Starszy szeregowy Marcin Pastusiak from the Special Branch of the Military Police in Mińsk Mazowiecki, † 22 January 2011 Afghanistan, posthumously promoted to the rank of Sierżant.
  • Starszy szeregowy Tomasz Janowski from the Special Branch of the Military Police in Gdynia, † 29 March 2016 Iraq, posthumously promoted to the rank of Sierżant.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ustawa z dnia 24 sierpnia 2001 r. o Żandarmerii Wojskowej i wojskowych organach porządkowych". Act No. 123 of 2001 (in Polish).
  2. ^ "Żandarmeria Wojskowa – Member State". European Gendarmerie Force. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  3. ^ Morawiecki, Mateusz (October 23, 2020). "Zarządzenie Nr 180 Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 23 października 2020 r." [Decree No 180 of the President of the Council of Ministers from October 23, 2020] (PDF). Monitor Polski. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2020.
  4. ^ "Komendant Główny Żandarmerii Wojskowej" (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Żandarmeria Wojskowa - Komenda Główna ŻW, Uzbrojenie" (in Polish). Żandarmeria Wojskowa. December 21, 2012. Archived from the original on December 21, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. ^ "Żandarmeria Wojskowa - Komenda Główna ŻW, Pojazdy" (in Polish). Żandarmeria Wojskowa. December 21, 2012. Archived from the original on December 21, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

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